Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences is a leader in microbial oceanography with research spanning from our home in Maine to the Arctic to the deep ocean crust.
East Boothbay, Maine
Joined March 2011
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19 Nov 2025, 38 stakeholders gathered in Swakopmund for an IOCAFRICA-organized meeting on the Early Warning System (EWS) for Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in Namibia, focusing on understanding stakeholder needs for an information system delivered through a dedicated bulletin.
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Colby has received a $150-million lead commitment, the largest gift in Colby’s history, for a new science complex that will catalyze a half-billion dollars of investment in science and technology. brnw.ch/21wVB8K
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In a few days, the Common Ground Country Fair in Unity, Maine kicks off! We're excited to be attending and even more thrilled that FERN reporter @bridgethuber will be moderating the panel, “Is Seaweed the Solution for Climate Change?” We hope you make it!
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2) Carlyn is conducting research on behalf of the (@EngineeringUSF) lab of Dr. David Murphy, studying the schooling behavior of 🦐 Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) along with collaborators from @GeorgiaTech and @BigelowLab.
1) From 🌴Palm trees to Palmer Station ❄️- #USF College of #MarineScience graduate student, Carlyn Scott has made it to #Antarctica 🇦🇶! She recently journeyed across the Drake Passage on the R/V Laurence M. Gould 🚢, arriving at Palmer Station.
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Some microscopic highlights this past week from the @BigelowLab marine HAB taxonomic course!
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Applications for #oceanhackweek 2022 are now open! Please check out our new shiny website and apply!!
oceanhackweek.github.io/ohw2…
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Today’s #TBT video from our expedition in and around PRIMNM features two translucent animals! #Tunicates are sessile organisms commonly known as #seasquirts. They have a tough carbohydrate body tunic that surrounds their water-pumping siphons. (1/3)
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Our blog is a guide to Nautilus expedition terms in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi created through the contributions of the Papahānaumokuākea Native Hawaiian Cultural Working Group facilitated by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Check it out: nautl.us/3O9Uqsc @sanctuaries #OleloHawaii
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Happy #earthday2022!!!
#FlowCam reminds us that #plankton are one of the most crucial life forms on earth - and produce half of the world's oxygen. Here is one of our favorite FlowCam collages showing these small but mighty organisms.
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OCB #Mixotrophs & #Mixotrophy webinar on #biogeography - today April 11, 3:30-5:00 EDT Speakers: K.Stamieszkin (@BigelowLab) and K.Edwards (@uhmanoa) Register here: us-ocb.org/mixotrophs-and-mi… @mixotrophs @mixotrophe @jessicayluo
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Last stop of our #seaweed #kelp farms trip has been in Norway with our partner Seaweed Solutions seaweedsolutions.com/. We had a great success deploying our sensors to measure all about #carbon. We can't wait to see the data! @BigelowLab with support from @WWF & @BezosEarthFund
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The MSF kicks off this week! Thanks to the @bangordailynews for covering our return, and especially highlighting @thewarmingsea.
#scienceiseverywhere #climatechangeiseverywhere
The returning Maine Science Festival will offer insight into topics ranging from dog psychology to the history of pandemics.
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With only around 350 right whales remaining in the North Atlantic Ocean, Camille Ross ’20 is on a mission to inform and improve conservation measures. Learn how her experiences at Colby and the @BigelowLab shaped her journey into oceanography. spr.ly/6016Kdp62
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@BigelowLab Feb. 17, @ 6 pm, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Sr. Research Scientist Dr. Paty Matrai will take us to the #Arctic Ocean, where her decades of field research have helped shed light on global #climatechange. Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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Finished up our Ocean Forecasting class -- some great forecasting projects on topics like white shark bycatch, oyster harvest, ocean plastic, and even wildfires (yes there's an ocean connection)
@ColbyCollege @BigelowLab @SeascapeScience
Ocean forecasting and AI course @ColbyCollege Jan Plan...
Last week's group forecasting challenge (top) versus this week's (bottom) -- a clear improvement!
(Black line is the ensemble mean, grey line is the actual)
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“What the heck is a lipidscape?”
Much like some of us, the ocean packs on fat for the winter.
Video explainer…
vimeo.com/655657250
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DIVE ALERT!! 🌊 After a quick turnaround from the last dive, the ROVs are back in the water diving on a small volcano southwest of Don Quixote Seamount in @HawaiiReef. Send in your questions to our team in the control van at nautiluslive.org
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What do Ebenezer Scrooge, Isaac Asimov, and Oedipus have in common?
(thread coming 1/n)
